Covington focuses on its future

Commission OKs plans, skips talk about Williams

1:51 AM,
Jun. 13, 2013

Written by

Dave Malaska
| Enquirer contributor

After a day that focused on Commissioner Michelle Williams' past, Tuesday night's Covington City Commission meeting turned out to be all about the city's future.

The sale of the city-owned Mutual Building for conversion into an upscale mixed-use building, plans for the new city hall on Pike Street, and the issuance of industrial revenue bonds to begin the construction of the $80 million urban campus of Gateway Technical & Community College all gained approval by the commission.

The body also got more information about the upcoming budget that - after a few years of being cash-strapped - ...